A clue, or two, for you...

So here I am on my final day. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, the busiest time of the year in the North Pole. We'll all be rushing around fitting together all the last minute toys, buying sacks of potatoes for the naughty children (Eh William?) and frantically wrapping the presents so that they're all ready for Santa to deliver.

Every year, in the hustle and bustle, at least one elf accidentally gets wrapped up in paper and put on the present pile. Its was especially bad last year when 6 elves got all trapped and we had to unload the sleigh 3 times before we found them.

Now every elf is given a special bleeper which they can activate if they accidentally get wrapped up. It plays the song Happy Birthday to you, very loudly, so that you can hear it above all the jolly Christmas music.

As I've had such a good time I thought I would leave you all a little something to remember me by. So I've written some clues which you need to follow in order to find it.

The first one is here:

Where could it be, do you suppose?

Where Mummy warms her mistle-Toes!

(If you need a clue, I’ll tell you,

They’re very cosy, and look like Posy)

Have fun finding it. 

Do have a fantastic Christmas and, you never know, I might see you around. 

Love,

Gingerbread Glitter-Toes

xxx

He's snow angel...

Tabby thank you for your lovely letter. My head is much better now, had a bit of headache this morning, but ate some elf doughnuts to cheer myself up.  I do like the Elf hats, and have been making them for Tommy Tinsel-Nose and Belinda Bauble-Belly, who both liked them very much too!

I'm not sure if I will be visiting you next year, as Santa doesn't usually send out our assignments until November.  I hope so though, as I've had such fun with you this year!  I will miss you too, but I'm still around for a couple of days, and then after that it will be Christmas, and you'll be too busy playing with your new toys to think about little old me!

William, what can I say?  After some lovely behaviour at the restaurant earlier today, you have been a bit of pickle this evening haven't you?  Remember, I will be writing my final report to Santa Claus tomorrow, so if you don't want  to be eating mash for the whole of January, then you'd better watch your p's and q's!

I thought I'd leave you with a little message tonight, and thought a letter or using the blackboard would be a bit boring, and wanted to do something a bit more fun.  And what's more fun than SNOW ANGELS!

Whee!

It's quite a good angel, but I did get very snowy!

Not bad!

I did write you a message...

but the cats messed it up!

Who's got a snowy chin?

Never mind,  I've got lots of fun and games planned for you tomorrow!

So be good and keep those rooms tidy!

Gingerbread Glitter-Toes
xxx

Elf and Safety Inspection

As you know, my job here is to keep an eye on you two, make sure that you are being good, and to report back to Santa Claus, so that he knows whether you should be or the naughty or the nice list.  But as Christmas draws closer, I have another job to do too, and that is to make sure that everything is safe for when Santa comes, because he has such an important job to do, and we can't risk him getting hurt!  This part of my job is called the Christmas Elf and Safety Inspection.

So tonight I was going about my business, making checks on the things on my list:
-Roof strong enough for magical reindeer to land - check
-Chimney wide enough for for Santa's tummy to fit down - check
-Bedrooms tidy enough for Christmas visits - hmmm, just about, take care to not let them get any messier!
-Baubles firmly attached to the Christmas tree...

Hmmm... not sure about that apple bauble..

Ouch!

I think I need some help!  Thank goodness these kind Barbies were here to take me off to the hospital!

Don't worry, I'm alright!  I might have a headache in the morning though!  Maybe you could leave me a little note to cheer me up!

What an eventful night, I'm off for a little sleep now,

Love and hugs

Gingerbread Glitter-Toes
xxx

A Wee Bit of Fun

Tee hee hee!

Winter Wonderland

Yesterday I overheard Mummy talking about Tabby going ice skating for her birthday and I have to say I was most jealous. I love ice skating, but being away from home means that there's very little chance for me to do any winter sports. Not on this wet and windy island anyway!
So I started talking to some of the Christmas Tree decorations. They're all extremely chatty once you get them talking and very social. There's nothing they like more than just hanging around! Anyway they suggested I recreate my own winter wonderland on the dining room table. What a great idea, I thought.
So two snowmen, a deer and me set about making a nice snowy landscape. I couldn't find anything to make skates but I was able to knock together a decent pair of skis. What do you think?

We all had a great time even rolling snowballs and having snowball fights. Although I have to say that polystyrene snowballs aren't quite as soft as real ones.


Unfortunately it didn't last too long. Someone kept stealing our snowballs! Can you guess who it was?
The CATS!

They seem to think the snowballs were their toys. Still they're having fun too. So everyone had a good time.

See you tomorrow.

Gingerbread Glitter-Toes
xxxx

What a cat-astrophe!

Oh dear, what an eventful evening I've had!  I was minding my own business in the kitchen, trying to decide whether or not to try my hand at a bit more cooking, when I spotted something out of the corner of my eye! I wasn't sure exactly what it was, but, since it had a picture of Santa on it, I thought that it might be a secret sign that it was a magical shortcut to the North Pole!  I thought I'd try it out!
 

I'll just take a peek inside...

Well, it took me quite some time to climb up to the top, and whilst I was having a peep over the edge, all of a sudden, I lost my balance and fell ears first into it!  Now here was I, expecting to slide and swirl back off to the North Pole on a magical adventure, but instead I landed with a big THUMP on my bottom! Rather bruised it is now!  And that wasn't the worst of it, either, because it was too tall for me to get out!  I was trapped!  What was I going to do?

Uh-Oh! Help!

 Well, you'll never guess who came to my rescue!  Posy and Poppet!  All this time, I've been thinking that they are completely useless, and no good to anyone, but it turns out they do have their uses after all!

Free at last!  Please don't eat me!

I feel a bit guilty now for pushing that photo frame off the windowsill, so that Mummy would think it was the cats and tell them off!  To say thank-you, I'll see if I can get Santa to leave something in their stockings after all!




I'm off now to head back to the North Pole and sit on a pile of snow to try to ease my sore behind, it's as red as Rudolf's nose!

Over and out,

Gingerbread Glitter-Toes
xxx

Report number 2

As per Santa's instructions...

This week has been the most challenging week since my arrival in the Monk household by far. 

William has earned one potato for messing around on Saturday, and was very close to earning another on Monday, but just about managed to escape it.  Luckily he has been quite well behaved today, but he needs to remember to do what he is asked on the first time of asking, if he wants to make sure not to get more potatoes by Christmas.

Tabby has been very well behaved, and I'm glad to see that she has tidied her room up - I was worried that she was letting it get rather too messy.  She must remember to clean poor Fluffy-Cookie out before the weekend though.

End of weekly report number 2


P.S Tabby, thank you for the lovely Elf-hat snacks that you left me.  I scoffed them all up!  We don't have those at the North Pole, so thank you for leaving me the recipe, I look forward to making those for Tommy Tinsel-Nose and Belinda Bauble-Belly, I'm sure they will love them too.

Yummy, yummy in my tummy

Don't worry about me leaving you at Christmas, Tabby.  Whilst I will have to go off and do other jobs at other children's houses, remember that I'm magical, and I can always make time to come back and see you.  You won't see me, of course, but I will be there!

Anyway, must go now,

Gingerbread Glitter-Toes
xxx